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There is a feeling - a sense, almost - of an impending chaotic dread; the static created by the analog recording provides a windy torrential downpour, as the harsh vocals sharply contrast withdrawn whimsical guitars and hectic, pounding drums. It's as though you are being urged, pushed and pressured on a confusing path that never seems to end. Then when it seems as though through the chaos, there is placidity, you are snapped back to a painful reality.
This latter point is made ever-the-more solidified by Odal's use of external dialogue as an intro and conclusion in the song "Traitor." Taken from what can be assumed is a sadistic torture scene from a movie - possibly from the same sources that Kreuzweg Ost has used - this external dialogue is no more than painful screaming from bitter beatings supported by a typically depressing pianist. A reminder, perhaps, that we are all traitorous wenches, undeserving of Odal's music.
But are we really undeserving? From a technical perspective, while the artists are competent with their instruments - specifically with regards to utilizing rhythm in combination with one another - there isn't anything truly exceptional about them. An understanding for tone and for speed provides a basis for stimulating music, but repetitiveness in the form of the same melodies in the same tempo - regardless of whether it's from heavy or rhythmic guitars or from the self-proclaimed 'drums of war' - leads to an all-too-familiar filler that plagues this short album. Decent, grating vocals do little to stem this tide and eradicate this underlying mediocrity.
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